Believe it or not, reading through vast amounts of text about Christian prophecy and how the end of the world is nigh really isn't our idea of a fun afternoon. Thank the deity of your choice, then, for our browser's "Find" feature and faithful viewer Matthew Guerrieri, because between the two of them, we were able to locate an interesting bit of Macdom in the "year in review" over at Prophecy Central. Apparently Apple scored a supporting role in the proof that the Second Coming is soon upon us. Hey, you can't buy better advertising than that!

Yes, if you load the page in question and search for the word "Cube," you'll discover a reference to how "personal computers have reached the 'supercomputer' mark with the advent of Apple Computer's Power Mac G4 Cube-- over 1 billion calculations per second-- all in an 8-inch cube." This is given as proof of the "geometric growth of computing power," which in turn supports the biblical prophecy of "outstanding progress in technology, leading to world-wide electronic commerce and the mark of the Beast." Yes, people, you heard it here first: evidently the mark of the Beast has a cute little stem and a bite taken out of it. You always wondered about that whole "forbidden fruit" connection, didn't you?

Now, never mind that while the Cube did indeed appear in the year 2000, the Power Mac G4 actually brought gigaflop/supercomputer performance to the personal computer realm a whole year before. You should probably also ignore the fact that "geometric growth of computing power" has been happening for at least fifty or sixty years, now, and certainly isn't specific to the year 2000. Once you've blocked out those pesky inconsistencies, it becomes clear that, yes, the year 2000 was chock-full of prophesies coming true and heralding the advent of the imminent apocalypse-- and our own beloved Apple scored a starring role. Oh, we're so proud! Granted, Steve Jobs apparently wasn't satanic enough to rate his own "false Christ" page like Bill Gates was, but hey, it's a start.